Rev. Reginald F. Davis, from left, pastor of First Baptist Church, Connie Matthews Harshaw, a member of First Baptist and president of the Let Freedom Ring Foundation that preserves First Baptist’s history, and Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s director of archaeology, stand at the brick-and-mortar foundation of one the oldest Black churches in the U.S. on Oct. 6, 2021, in Williamsburg. Archaeologists in Virginia began excavating three suspected graves at the site on Monday, July 18, 2022, commencing a monthslong effort to learn who was buried there and how they lived.
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Excavation of graves begins at site of Colonial Black church
Archaeologists in Virginia began excavating three suspected graves at the original site of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches on July 18, 2022, commencing a month's long effort to learn who was buried there and how they lived.
